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Record Number: 2389


Reading Experience:

Evidence:

From thence he was sent to Eaton, where he was educated other six years, during all which time he was more than ordinarily studious and industrious; for when other boyes upon play-dayes took liverty for their sports and pastimes, he would be at his book, wherein he took more delight than others could finde in their Recreations, whereby he profited beyond many his equals.

Century:

1500-1599

Date:

Between 1 Nov 1589 and 31 Dec 1595

Country:

England

Time

daytime

Place:

city: Eaton
other location: at school

Type of Experience
(Reader):
 

silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown

Type of Experience
(Listener):
 

solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown


Reader / Listener / Reading Group:

Reader:

William Gouge

Age:

Child (0-17)

Gender:

Male

Date of Birth:

1 Nov 1575

Socio-Economic Group:

Professional / academic / merchant / farmer

Occupation:

son of godly gentleman, and his mother the duaghter of a London merchant

Religion:

Protestant

Country of Origin:

England

Country of Experience:

England

Listeners present if any:
e.g family, servants, friends

n/a


Additional Comments:

n/a



Text Being Read:

Author:

Title:

[unknown]

Genre:

n/a

Form of Text:

Print: Book

Publication Details

n/a

Provenance

unknown


Source Information:

Record ID:

2389

Source:

Print

Author:

Samuel Clarke

Editor:

n/a

Title:

A collection of the lives of ten eminent divines famous in their generations for learning, prudence, piety, and painfulness in the work of the ministry

Place of Publication:

n/a

Date of Publication:

1662

Vol:

n/a

Page:

[95-6]

Additional Comments:

n/a

Citation:

Samuel Clarke, A collection of the lives of ten eminent divines famous in their generations for learning, prudence, piety, and painfulness in the work of the ministry (1662), p. [95-6], http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=2389, accessed: 01 May 2024


Additional Comments:

None

   
   
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